In which I say Happy Birthday. And then whine.

[brigdh]

Happy birthday kohakutenshi!




Me: *writes several paragraphs*
*goes back to reread*
*sighs and deletes them all*
Me: Okay, we need to have a talk. Listen to this: "Hisoka tilts his head and kisses him. The man lifts one hand, slowly, and cups Hisoka's face, his fingers curling around to his hair. His thumb traces over Hisoka's cheekbone in an infinitely gentle movement, and Hisoka shivers, inching forward to seat himself in the man's lap." What is up with that?
Hisoka: I don't see anything wrong with it.
Me: It's supposed to be *HATESEX*!
Hisoka: ...Are you sure?
Me: Uh, yeah.
Hisoka: You've got to be wrong. It's Tsuzuki. I can't have hatesex with him.
Me: This is an AU. You don't know him. You're not in love with him. Right now, the only thing you feel towards him is a whole bunch of anger.
Hisoka: I don't want to do this.
Me: It's not that hard. Just pretend that you're not sickeningly in love with him.
Hisoka: I'm not sicke-
Me: You're fooling no one.
Hisoka: Shut up.
Me: Look, you only have to do it once, I promise. Every other sex scene for the entire rest of the fic, you can be as nice and sweet as you want.
Hisoka: Fine. If it means that much to you.
Me: Except for the time when you cheat on him.
Hisoka: WHAT?
Me: I've, uh... got to go.

In other words, the characters are being frustrating, the writing is going insanely slow, it hasn't stopped raining in twenty-four hours, and the soup I cooked for dinner was really yucky. Wah. The universe conspires against me.

Comments

[katsue_fox]

Hey, the universe might be conspiring against you, but I loved that conversation!! ^_^

[coffeeandink.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should just write the scene as an outtake, to get it done with so you can move on?

This suggestion has nothing to do with my general fondness for the pairing. *blinks innocently*

[clari-clyde.livejournal.com]

Don’t you just love how characters take over you? I’m trying to write a fic where Muraki kidnaps Tsuzuki and Tatsumi comes to the rescue. It was supposed to focus on Muraki and Tatsumi trying to go seme on each other except i got suckered into writing a scene with Muraki molesting Tsuzuki.

Me: No! You’re supposed to wait for Tatsumi!
Muraki: But Tsuzuki is naked, tied, and I’ve cast a spell on him taking away his voice. And I think you know what a good show I’d give you if you let me have my way.
Me: *melts* oh… but… oh…

And Hisoka cheating Tsuzuki? Ooooh. With who? And how?

[nettlecoats.livejournal.com]

Hisoka: I'm not sicke-
Me: You're fooling no one.
Hisoka: Shut up.

Mwah ha ha, not even alternate universes and their random sexual encounters can foil the power of true love! :D Uh, hope the characters start cooperating soon. ^_^ I'd take the rain for you - I haven't seen the stuff in about nine months now.

[gamera.livejournal.com]

Universe against you or no, that outtake conversation is hilarious. :p

[mistressrenet.livejournal.com]

maybe you should listen to Hisoka. And besides, isn't it more interesting if it's sweet and gentle and nice and Hisoka feels all weird about it afterward? OMG I am such a romance HOOR.

[redshoeson.livejournal.com]

Your characters-in-your-head conversations crack me up. Loffly.

[p-zeitgeist.livejournal.com]

God, that's funny. I look forward to the story itself, but I'm glad you let us read that little argument in the meantime.

I'm also glad to see that not only am I not the only one who finds herself having this kind of conversation, I'm in excellent company. And yeah, the characters can be frustrating like that; but don't you find that they'll always tell you something useful if you let them?

[childofatlantis.livejournal.com]

Is this the clubbing AU? *grin* And I am SO GLAD that it's not just me who has conversations like that with Hisoka. The AU has so far been one long argument between me and him. With occasional dirty remarks from Watari...

[kohakutenshi.livejournal.com]

Ah thank you. Though the birthday sucked like a Hoover 5000 on a floor mat. >.<

But hey, oh well oh well, I guess. And I see you have a Hisoka-muse, too! Does he poke you in the middle of work/eating/sleeping with the pointy idea stick, too?

Hee... :) At least I got one of those big cookies for my birthday, but I was too drunk and tired to eat any, and went to bed at 7:30pm. >.> *twitch*

*hugs*

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

Just write "with barely restrained fury" after "Hisoka shivers" and there you go, hatesex :)